旋乾轉坤

简 旋乾转坤 · 繁 旋乾轉坤
Mandarin · pinyin xuán qián zhuǎn kūn

Meanings

  1. lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. a radical change
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旋
xuán · revolve, move in orbit; return
乾
qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
轉
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坤
kūn · earth; feminine, female; trigram ☷; hexagram ䷁
转
zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
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2–2–3–1 · xuan2 qian2 zhuan3 kun1

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syun4 kin4 zyun2 kwan1

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旋乾轉坤 · xuan2 qian2 zhuan3 kun1
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Exact source record旋乾轉坤 旋乾转坤 [xuan2 qian2 zhuan3 kun1] /lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering/a radical change/